A Richmond U.S. District Court grants the government’s motion to strike an untimely brief for return of property filed by a man who claims $11,210 in U.S. currency seized from his vehicle along with a small amount of marijuana, and ...

Tagged with: Criminal Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Eastern District

After granting defendant’s motion to compel, an Alexandria U.S. District Court awards defendant’s lawyer attorney’s fees, based on Northern Virginia rates, not New York rates. Defendant’s attorney represents that the hourly rates for him and his New York attorneys and ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Gerald Bruce Lee U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A contractor who alleges injuries from the explosion of a ship’s propane tank as he refilled it on land for a commercial fishing operation can pursue his claim in Richmond U.S. District Court, as the court has subject matter jurisdiction ...

Tagged with: Admiralty Judge Robert E. Payne U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Richmond U.S. District Court dismisses a homeowner’s complaint alleging defendant lender failed to meet its disclosure obligations under the Truth in Lending Act when it provided him with forms for a new credit application instead of a refinancing, which ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge James R. Spencer U.S. District Court - Eastern District

After a bench trial of a broker’s third-party complaint for indemnity and contribution against defendant Daily Express Inc., whose drivers transported two tube bundles from Pennsylvania to Maryland for plaintiff Dominion Resource Services Inc., who won damages from broker 5K ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge James R. Spencer U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Applying a 1905 Virginia case, an Alexandria U.S. District Court refuses to enforce a restrictive covenant as part of a Purchase Sale Agreement that prohibited a service station owner from selling certain non-BP branded products or offering certain automotive services. ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge Leonie Brinkema U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A Richmond U.S. District Court declines to transfer venue to the Eastern District of Louisiana of an insurance company’s declaratory judgment action denying coverage to a developer on a resident’s claim for damages arising from the use of Chinese drywall ...

Tagged with: Civil Procedure Judge Dennis Dohnal U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Hiring Hispanic housekeepers for seven of eight jobs at a Best Western hotel that was undergoing a $5 million makeover by new ownership did not violate Title VII, an Alexandria U.S. District Court says as it dismisses the EEOC’s complaint. ...

Tagged with: Employment Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Hiring Hispanic housekeepers for seven of eight jobs at a Best Western hotel that was undergoing a $5 million makeover by new ownership did not violate Title VII, an Alexandria U.S. District Court says as it dismisses the EEOC’s complaint. ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Claude M. Hilton U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A school superintendent is dismissed as a defendant from an age discrimination suit filed by the school system’s former Director of Community Relations, a 60-year-old woman who alleges she was forced into early retirement and replaced by her 37-year-old male ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge Dennis Dohnal U.S. District Court - Eastern District